HAVANA ’58, the decadent jet-set heaven when Cuba was a tropical playground. A pleasure dome of sensual overload and rum-fuelled abandon, where shows and showgirls were dazzling, gambling was high-stakes, and revellers included Marlon Brando, Ernest Hemingway, Frank Sinatra and J.F.K., to name a few. Mojitos, Mobsters, Mambos & Muchachas. A forbidden, hedonistic world of Rum, Rumba and Roulette. The full range of Sexual freedom, of cial corruption, and Ma a control ignited the rampant party – until Sylvester 1958 when Fidel Castro’s revolutionaries took the oor.
Bahama Soul Club’s 4th album presents a very personal soundtrack, a musical homage, inspired by a vibrant verve that never came back. We encounter a heady blend of glittering nightclubs, outrageous cabarets, fashionable hotels and look deep into backstreet brothels, empty wallets and bemusing décolletages. Rumba is everywhere.
With their rst albums BSC established an elegant and percussive cocktail of Latin Jazz, Soul, Bossa and Boogaloo, to which they now add the dark, sensual and alluring mystic of Tiki and Exotica into the mix. What we get is a new Caribbean long-drink named: HAVANA ’58 …… Genre: Afro-Cuban Jazz …… Style: 60s/cinematic …… Sound: Hi-Fidelity-Plus
As could be heard on award-winning previous album “The Cuban Tapes”, the fascinating voices of hand-selected Cuban singers have a strong in uence and special effect on this production as well. Cuba’s leading vocal quartet SEXTO SENTIDO surprise us with traditional Yoruba chants in “Eleggua”, irresistible complex harmonies in the magnum mobster opus “Meyer-Lansky” and show us some disco love in “Tropicana Flight”. The vivacious OLVIDO RUIZ, singer in the Bahama Soul Club live band (long awaited and for the rst time on recorded disc), presents the full bandwidth of her expressive vocal ranged from Boogaloo (“Muévelo Papi”) to Lounge (“Night Breeze”) up to the dark 6/8-ballade “Let God”. And once again we nd the lovely AREMA AREGA with rolling “Rumba Fugaz”.
These ladies were selected by Gilles Peterson for the well-respected Havana-Cultura-Project and reveal their traditional Cuban roots when combining fun and intellect while smartly ignoring passing trends. More than any mambo mania and tiring salsa they stand for the swinging lightness and pulsating cosmopolitan lifestyle of the contemporary Cuban scene. Finally, as a very special guest: The American Jazz and Soul singer BRENDA BOYKIN from the mighty Club Des Belugas with the hypnotic “No Words” and the shuf ing “Dizzy’s Bounce”.
The video to rst single “No Words” starts exactly at the point where the previous video “Ay Jona” ended. Once again it is composed by breath-taking pictures of the most deliriously beautiful lm ever made: “I Am Cuba”, directed in 1964 by Mikhail Kalatozov and presented in the 90s by Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese. The rights owners‚ The Cuban Institute of Cinematography, were deeply impressed by the quality of the new music and agreed to combine the award winning footage with the upcoming videos to feature “HAVANA ’58” with pure genuine Cuban patina. Un abrazo.

Earlier in the year, Ashley “Arthur Jr” Stevenson debuted a new alias, The Last Trip To Gandahar, by contributing a track to the In House EP on City Fly (a label he co-founded many years back). This four-track outing is the project’s first full outing, and also marks the debut of Washington DC-based label Better Listen. It’s a confident and fun-packed affair, with Stevenson delivering tracks that sit somewhere between house-friendly re-edits, and sample-heavy original productions. As you’d probably expect, all four cuts are warm and groovy, making excellent use of elements of soul-soaked disco and jazz-funk tracks. It’s all impeccably playable, with the flute-laden “Over Paradise” and righteous “Profound Experience” being our picks.

The Bugge & Friends Project is all about presenting a community of music and international artists, all mixing jazz and electronic music together, with a deep mutual respect and a fascination for each other’s worlds.

Bugge N Friends Self-Titled LP is out now where ever dope music is suppose to be sold.
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2017 Sacred Rhythm Music & Cosmic Arts / Jazz Land Records

FORMAT – ONE SIDED, 180 Gram Vinyl

Produced By Joaquin Joe Claussell For Sacred Rhythm Music & Cosmic Arts.
Recorded At – Bugge’s Room, Nublu By Bugge Wessltoft and at East Side Sounds New York By Fran Cathcart
Mixed at East Side By Joaquin Joe Claussell and Fran Cathcart Mastered At – Stereo Sound NYC
Artwork Design- Akemi Shimada Angulo
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Jazz land Recordings
Copyright (c) – Jazz land Recordings

Since meeting, and subsequently working with, Ron Trent in the early 1990s, Anthony Nicholson has produced some seriously sublime deep house. These days, his releases are less frequent than many would wish, but retain the kind of high quality threshold associated with the very best house producers. Gravity is his fifth full-length, and delivers a swathe of gorgeously rich and musically expansive tracks shot through with serious amounts of soul. While he rarely strays from the dancefloor, tracks are layered with delicious musical flourishes – twinkling piano playing, live percussion, guitars and bass, for starters – while you’ll a range of complimentary influences (African rhythms, modern soul, jazz-funk, boogie, and so on). In other words, it’s a proper, grown-up house album.

Musgravite Radiates is a story of Celestial being searching for essentials. This life-force labeled Eqwel is directed towards a glimmer of light down a dark path in the jungle. The light from the adjacent streetlamp just happens to glisten off the edge of something that seems to resemble a shiny rock. As it walks closer towards the object it finds a crystal gem that just exudes radiational energy.This type of mineral seemed different then most. Instantly, he realizes that this is no ordinary object! There was this solid realization that it had something special in its palms and no amount of money can substitute it.
This mineral and Eqwel crossed paths to be saved by the financial monsters of this planet. Not having any care of what this jewel is valued at, a decision was made to keep this for the future generations to come. As long as this organic piece of the Earth is part of it’s tribe, no human-being will ever be able to devalue it! Eqwel will make sure the future is stable for this new tribal heirloom.

Let the Musgravite radiate and shine for all future generations!

Transmission 1A: (Flipside 1)

Treading tells a 4/4 story of an celestial being that crash lands on the 3rd planet, into a deep salt-water cavernous tunnel. It’s only option is to get to the surface to escape the impending doom that awaits it’s vehicle. Once it reaches the surface of the water, it realizes that there is no dry area for miles! With the vehicle sinking deeper into the abyss and no land to be seen, what else can it do but tread water! How long does it have to tread for?! That is the ultimate question in this scenario, with no definitive answer.

Transmission 1B: (Flipside 2)

Vbits (reprise) is the feeling of a panic-ridden rhythm that overtakes the mind and can’t seem to slow down, the few changes that occur during this short time derives from the modular world.

It’s hard to believe that 20 Years have flown past us so quickly. From our humble beginnings at Club Vinyl to dance music venues across the world, Body & Soul has come a long way. However what hasn’t changed in all that time is the reason we do what we do. Our love of music and family has been our driving force. It has never been about color, race, political beliefs or sexual orientation. Its has and will always be about MUSIC!

We are therefore honored and blessed to be able to celebrate 20 years of parties with you all in our home city of New York.
Joaquin, Danny and Francois along with Ariel on lights and our dedicated family of staff members bring you our VERY SPECIAL 20th Anniversary party at the amazing Space Ibiza New York on Sunday November 27th.
See You On The Dance Floor!

One of the top British dance and urban contemporary trios in the early ’80s, Loose Ends formed in London. They were originally called Loose End, and included Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene, and Steve Nichol. Virgin signed them in 1981, and their debut was written by Chris and Eddie Amoo of the Real Thing.

The group changed its name to Loose Ends in 1983, and signed with MCA in America in 1984. Their single “Hanging on a String (Contemplating)” topped the R&B charts in 1985, and they repeated that achievement in 1986 with “Slow Down.” Their last hit was “Watching You” in 1988, which reached number two.

The group shuffled its lineup in 1990 for the release of Look How Long, with McIntosh now joined by Linda Carriere and Sunay Suleyman. McIntosh also produced several artists, notably Caron Wheeler.